Re: environmental policy failures

[Olivia Bina]

Hi Shannon,

you may  find useful to look at the concept and practice of  
environmental policy integration, which is closely linked to  
environmental governance literature.
This assumes that an important part of successful EP and SD is the  
integration of their objectives in sectoral policies. political will,  
balanced range of measures, organisational set-up, etc all form part of  
the conditions for success (or  failure):

Some useful criteria and references from the policy/strategic   
literature can be found here:
Bibliography

EEA (2005) Environmental policy integration in Europe - State of play  
and an evaluation framework, EEA Technical report No. 2/2005, European  
Environment Agency, Copenhagen,  
http://reports.eea.eu.int/technical_report_2005_2/ (7/6/05).
OECD (2002) Improving Policy Coherence and Integration for Sustainable  
Development: A Checklist, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and  
Development, Paris, www.oecd.org/dataoecd/60/1/1947305.pdf (accessed:  
15/3/08).


The field  is also conceptualised and discussed from a  political  
science perspective:
Bibliography

Jordan, A. and Lenschow, A. (2000) 'Greening' the European Union: what  
can be learnt from the 'leaders' of EU environmental policy?, European  
Environment, 10, 109-120.
Jordan, A. and Schout, A. (2005) National EU policy coordination and  
'integration' in EU policies. In Environmental Policy Integration  
Mechanisms and Tools, CSERGE-UEA, 21-22 March 2005, Norwich. Available  
at  
http://www.uea.ac.uk/env/cserge/highlights/march%20conf/ 
envpol_integration_programme.htm (22/3/05).
Lenschow, A. (2002a) Conclusion: what are the bottlenecks and where are  
the opportunities for greening the EU? In Environmental Policy  
Integration: Greening Sectoral Policies in Europe (Ed, Lenschow, A.)  
Earthscan, London, pp. 219-233.
Lenschow, A. (2002b) Greening the European Union. In Environmental  
Policy Integration: Greening Sectoral Policies in Europe (Ed, Lenschow,  
A.) Earthscan, London, pp. 3-21.
Liberatore, A. (1997) The Integration of Sustainable Development  
Objectives into EU Policy Making: Barriers and prospects. In The  
Politics of Sustainable Development: Theory, policy and practice within  
the European Union (Eds, Baker, S., Kousis, M., Richardson, D. and  
Young, S.) Routledge, London.


best,

Olivia


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On 18 May 2008, at 01:12, Shannon K. Orr wrote:

Dear Gep-Ed list,

I am trying to get a jump on my syllabus for fall and I'm a bit
stuck.  I'm trying out a new assignment whereby my students will
be researching an "environmental policy failure" and trying to
theorize the reasons for the failure (eg institutional
shortcomings, lack of public will, policy theory failure etc..).
 I have a short list of failures but would appreciate any and all
suggestions from list members (domestic or international are
welcome).  Please email me directly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I will
compile them for the list.

Thank you!

Shannon


Shannon K. Orr, Ph.D.
Graduate Coordinator (MPA)/Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science 110 Williams Hall
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403-0220
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